Daily Republican., 1887-09-26
No PLA0s LIKE aORn.

That . msn's hsuss ID his castle Ia
|en old and very mach battered aradi-
tlon, supposed TO be q common Law.
Bat the due and full undersssn nding Of
the precept Ia not common. II 10 NOT
always from foes and Disturbances
without that the cAstle needs defense.
Tor The inner furnishing and comfort
also reqaire To he diligently looked
alter. When this is done, tor s'castle"
We substitute the better and plesssnter
word "hOme." And the home should
be In the best and highest sense the
'castle" for man, woman and child.
That good old household word comes
to as from the Saxon and the related
languages; and there Is no room for
doubt that 1t is a power among all peo.
piles In whose languages the world is
at home. An old English poet says,
home is the sacred refuge of life,"
and no modern poet, laureate or other.
has compressed into one line more
truth and poetry.
But home is wha: we make it. 1t
may be a sacred refuge, or 1t may be q
mere place of call for breakfast and.
dinner, and shelter for the sleeping
hours when there is nothing sbroad 20
keep men awake. 1t may be destitute
OF attractions, a tolerated spot, instead
|of coveted haven. If this be the
case the fault is with those who, by
their own conduct, make 1t uninvit-
ing. Home may be a mere prison
well furnished Or otherwise) for the
women of the household, while the
men look abroad for their interests and
diversions. Ii the women do break
bounds sometimes and find their
|amusemens abroad, what truant hus-
band has a right TO blame truant
wifep And when husbands and wives
are runagates, continuing in scarce
ness, who need be surprised that the
children prefer "all-out- doors" TO all
that they can find indoorsp
While there has been tendency
among men to seek "club life," and
the women have TO some degree retail
ated by getting up societies of their
own, to only some Of which men have
the latch key or other "Open sesame, ="
there never was q time when the sp-
paratus for home occupation and en-
ljoyment was more abundant and &C.
cessible.
Never were dwellings OF all grades
I in expense more comfortable and con-
venient Whoever desires to make
home attractive Can with his wife and
other women and girls of the house.
| hold do so. The man Is, however,
moat happy who, at the door as he en-
ters, "relaxes his ponderous strength
and leans to hear" and hastens to do
whatever the mistress Of the castle
home directs. We are making no plea,
however, for tame and sleepy stay-at-
home -itlveness. Go abroad at proper
Itimes, men and women and children,
too; only make home nice place and
much desired to come back to,
But men, women and children have
different views and pursuits. That is
| all the better tor a complete union,
where neither has anything to conceal.
The strength of rope Is in Its many
strands, and q united household and a
happy one is that in which the
thoughts and purposes of the inmates
are well twined together. "Well,
everybody comedies that" some one
Twill ray. Yes, but If the concession ia
only in words, common place as these
Expressions are, there are people who
do not act their thoughts. The proof
of this is found in the daily story oi
the faults. follies and even crimes OF
men, high and low, rich and poor,
who did not get their 6rst inspiration
| for evil deeds at home.
Certainly here are some wretched
ihomes, where the spirit of evil seems
to be in possession. But the members
of such households commonly learn
their evil out of doors, and their bad
proficiency and united experience re
verse the line already quoted thai
home is sacred refuge. Of few
homes, however, can 1t be said thai
there is no good controlling influence
in them. And in all homes there il
room for constantly rising Rpprecia'
ltion of the sacredness of the earlies
bond which binds human beings to-
/ Ipether-the family tie